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‘Thunderbird’ Father-Son Dev Team Win ‘Best VR Experience’ at Vision Summit

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Feb 23, 2016

For the past year, Tony Davidson and his 17-year old son Kai have been tucked away in the hills of Oregon collaborating on a VR experience that was inspired from one of Kai’s dreams. Thunderbird is a puzzle adventure game that surprised everyone at Unity’s Vision Summit awards in walking away with the best VR experience award. Even Tony thought that either crowd favorite Fantastic Contraption or Job Simulator would be rewarded, and so there was a collective gasp of surprise when they got the award. I had a chance to catch up with Kai and Tony to get their reactions to winning, what’s it like to be a father/son team, and how their Thunderbird puzzle adventure takes inspiration from dreams, myths, and Eastern religions.

ThingLink Raises $1.3 Million to Expand Media Annotation Platform to VR

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Feb 23, 2016

Money continues to pour into the VR space, but not all of it is aimed at brand new ventures. Last week, the interactive media platform, ThingLink (founded in 2008), announced the closing of a $1.3M round of new funding to expand their image and video enhancement SaaS service to VR.

Early SteamVR Performance Test Included Hidden Half-Life & Left 4 Dead Demo Code

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Feb 23, 2016

Valve have just released a new tool to determine if your gaming PC is up to the task of running SteamVR experiences unlocked with the HTC Vive. But, buried in the code of the tool lies some interesting glimpses of experimental demos from the Half Life and Left 4 Dead universes.

Movidius’ Dedicated Vision Processing Chip is Coming Soon to AR and VR Headsets

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Feb 23, 2016

Movidius may be a little known name to the average consumer, but the company behind Google Project Tango’s Myriad 1 vision processing chip is gearing up to release their new chip architecture in both VR and AR headset manufacturers, and a lot sooner than you think.

The Good, the Bad and the ‘Meh’ of LG 360 VR

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Feb 23, 2016

Unveiled at MWC 2016, LG 360 VR has become the newest entry into the world of mobile headsets. Touted as a lightweight solution for on-the-go media consumption, the 360 VR gives us an interesting look at the future of VR headset ergonomics, but fails to deliver a solid experience.

The Past, Present and Future of Google and VR

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Feb 22, 2016

I’m joined on the podcast today by Road to VR Executive Editor Ben Lang and Moor Insights Analyst Anshel Sag for a 45-minute roundtable discussion about Google and what they’re doing in VR. We cover everything including Google Cardboard, Jump cameras, the Expeditions educational program, WebVR, Project Tango, Google Glass, Magic Leap, Tilt Brush, voice recognition, machine learning, the Android ecosystem & their complicated relationship with Oculus & Samsung, and predictions about what type of VR or AR HMD that they may be manufacturing.

It’s clear that Google has some significant in the virtual reality space, and we discuss everything that we know about what they’re currently doing and make some predictions as to where we think we’re going in the future.

Samsung’s Gear 360 Specs in Full, Launching Q2 2016

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Feb 22, 2016

Samsung’s Gear 360 launched today at the company’s Unpacked event, so what exactly is this diminutive immersive capture device capable of? Here are the official specifications direct from Samsung and whilst some impress, others leave a little to be desired.

Indie Board Game ‘Boss Monster’ coming to AltspaceVR

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Feb 22, 2016

Boss Monster is an 8-bit-inspired indie board game from Brotherwise Games, and it’s made virtual reality its new home. To welcome the tabletop game, AltspaceVR is hosting a Boss Monster Day celebration on February 23rd so you learn, play, and even win Boss Monster decks and other prizes.

Boost VC Invests in 15 More VR Startups in Latest Accelerator Class

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Feb 22, 2016

Boost VC, a startup accelerator based in San Mateo California, announced its seventh accelerator ‘Tribe’ with 15 new investments in VR companies, bringing its total VR portfolio to 34 startups.

A Tour of Samsung’s New Gear 360 Camera in 9 Hi Res Images

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Feb 21, 2016

At Unpacked in Barcelona today, Samsung announced the Gear 360, a highly portable, monoscopic 360, spherical camera designed for the everyday user. Samsung have pulled out all the stops on the Gear 360 and its design is one of the best we’ve ever seen.

Free Gear VR with Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Pre-orders “While Supplies Last”

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Feb 21, 2016

Samsung today announced their next generation of Galaxy S smartphones, the S7 and S7 Edge. The company says Gear VR will be included for free with pre-orders.

Samsung Announces Gear 360 Camera with Facebook Partnership for Sharing

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Feb 21, 2016

Samsung at their Unpacked event today revealed the Gear 360 camera, a new consumer-focused device for shooting 360 video which can also be viewed in VR.

19 VR Experiences Coming to Tribeca Film Festival

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Feb 21, 2016

Virtual reality is coming to the Tribeca Film Festival in a big way this year. Festival visitors will have the chance to try out 19 VR exhibits, most of which are seeing their world premier.

New HTC Vive ‘Consumer Edition’ Trailer Lands

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Feb 21, 2016

In the wake of HTC’s announcement that the HTC Vive will ship on April 1st and cost $799, here’s 51 seconds of industrial design to give you a really good look at the headset you as a potential buyer could be spending an awful lot of time wearing.

Watch Samsung Unpacked Event Live @10am PST / 1pm ET

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Feb 21, 2016

Samsung’s annual pre-MWC event is about to unfold and with a sure fire appearance from Samsung next generation S7 phone. But what can virtual reality fans expect from the next generation Gear VR? Tune in here to find out as the ‘Unpacked’ keynote in Barcelona gets under way at 7pm CET (10am PST / 1pm ET).

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